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War is an art and as such is not susceptible of explanation by fixed formula
George S. Patton
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George S. Patton
Age: 60 †
Born: 1885
Born: November 11
Died: 1945
Died: December 21
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If I win I can't be stopped! If I lose I shall be dead.
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Give me an Army of West Point graduates and I'll win a battle... Give me a handful of Texas Aggies and I'll win a war.
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When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead!
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The more I see of Arabs the less I think of them. By having studied them a good deal I have found out the trouble. They are the mixture of all the bad races on earth, and they get worse from west to east, because the eastern ones have had more crosses.
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Battle... brings out all that is best.
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When a decision has to be made, make it. There is no totally right time for anything.
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If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.
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When everyone agrees, someone is not thinking.
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I am sure that if every leader who goes into battle will promise himself that he will come out either a conqueror or a corpse, he is sure to win. There is no doubt of that. Defeat is not due to losses but to the destruction of the Soul of the leaders-the 'live to fight another day' doctrine.
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